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coughingly

coughingly adverb: in a coughing manner.

Adverb

coughingly (comparative more coughingly, superlative most coughingly)

  1. In a coughing manner.

Forms of coughingly

comparativemore coughingly
superlativemost coughingly

Origin of coughingly

From coughing + -ly.

Questions about coughingly

What does coughingly mean?
Coughingly means in a coughing manner.
What part of speech is coughingly?
Coughingly is an adverb.

Words near coughingly in the dictionary

  1. coughing
  2. coughing down
  3. coughing out
  4. coughing over
  5. coughing up
  6. coughingly
  7. coughings
  8. Coughlan
  9. Coughlans
  10. coughless
  11. coughlessness

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